Recent content by jsgdurham

Yeah that's what I will do. Savage said they put 20 rounds through the gun and there no problems. A gunsmith came into my work today and I had the shells with me. Told him the story and he immediatley said that that is what a hot load does. Then he took a look at the shells. Once he saw...

Well, they said they fixed the issue so I will go out and shoot it this weekend and see what happens. Heck they shoot 95G federals at the factory. I will just shoot some other rounds first. If all is well I will try the other loads again.

That's what I am thinking. I have heard that sometimes companies will not fess up to it being their problem and just make the repair. Savage kept telling me just to stop using reloads. All of mine are from the factory.

Thanks for some for the input. I talked to savage yesterday when they called to verify where the gun was being shipped to. The initially told me that I was shooting hot re-loads. I then told them that these were factory loads. I also explained that the same loads where shot in two...

I wanted to see if anyone has some suggestions. I bought a new Savage model 10 in a .243 caliber. To break in the gun I purchased a few boxes of Federal Pwer-Shock 100G soft point. The first shot seemed to be fine. The remaining 5 had problems. All of the primers came out of the shells...